French authorities are investigating a suspected explosive device on an Air France flight between Chad capital N’Djamena and Paris, Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Thursday. In a tweet, Darmanin said the flight had landed at Roissy airport in Paris without incident and had been isolated.
Gerald Darmanin, minister of the Interior of France, tweeted: “At the request of the Prime Minister, the interministerial crisis unit was opened, following a suspicion of the presence on board of an explosive device on an Air France Ndjamena – Paris flight.
“The plane landed at Roissy airport without incident and was isolated.
The passengers were disembarked.
“The raising of doubts is in progress.”
According to an airport source, a man reportedly managed to tune into the radio frequency and broadcast a bomb threat.
The source told La Depeche: “The pilot informed the company and the plane was escorted by a Rafale to Roissy.”
The plane “landed at a ‘bomb point’, a special place at the airport for this kind of event.
“All the occupants of the plane were subject to identity checks,” added a source familiar with the matter.
“The inspection of the aircraft and the bunkers has just started.”
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